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Hot on a hiring and spending spree, Oculus VR, the creators of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, announced its first-ever development conference on Monday. Dubbed Oculus Connect, the September 19-20 conference will overtake Los Angeles' Loews Hotel to "bring together engineers, designers, and creatives from around the world to share and collaborate in the interest of creating the best virtual reality experiences possible."

Though no schedule or concrete details were yet announced, Oculus confirmed that staffers such as CTO (and id Software pioneer) John Carmack, founder Palmer Luckey, CEO Brendan Iribe, and Chief Scientist Michael Abrash will deliver keynotes over the conference's two-day span. (Nobody from parent company Facebook has been announced to attend just yet.) Oculus Connect's announcement hinted at a slew of sessions and panels, along with "upcoming Oculus technology." Since the device's second development kit will have been released by then, we think this tease may hint to an Oculus Rift-compatible controller.

Attendee registration will open on July 10 to the public, as opposed to requiring development kit ownership or any other specific game-design credentials. Additionally, keynotes will be live-streamed online for anyone who can't attend. Of course, attendance is pretty imperative for testing headset-specific games and experiments, and as such, Oculus has announced that it will provide floor space for attendees to set up their own Oculus headset demos.

We've reached out to Oculus with questions about attendance pricing, which was not announced in the company's release. We will update this post with any response.